Gosh, I can't say enough good things about this app. I have already reviewed the "sister" app to this app, Stack the States. This app is a tremendously powerful learning tool, especially for the visual learner, to learn the basic info of the worlds' countries. The whimsical "faces" on the countries provide a truly fun environment for learning the countries' shapes. The act of "stacking" the countries enables the player to truly "know" the borders of a country as well as their relative sizes.
One reviewer (a two-star review) indicated the app was "gimmicky" and did not provide enough detail and was not really a learning or studying tool to learn about countries. While it is true that the "flash card" for each country only has a limited amount of information (e.g. capitals, main languages, big cities, flag), that, in my opinion, is fine. My goal of getting this app was to learn all those intricate country borders in continents such as Africa and Europe where over the past 20 - 30 years, country names and borders have changed due to wars
Because of this app, I can identify all the countries in Africa and Europe...even those quirky eastern Europe countries whose borders have change frequently over the years. The way I use this is app is this:
1) I study a given continent's map by clicking on each country and reading its "flash card". I try to "memorize" the country name, capital, and main language for five countries at a time.
2) Then I go to the "game" where I get quizzed on the entire continent. I try to apply my newly gained knowledge (from the studying) in the game mode.
3) After a while, I go back to study mode.
Following the above protocol I learned all the African countries, capitals, and languages in 1 1/2 weeks. The flags aren't as important to me to know but I find I'm learning them by "osmosis" just by playing the game and seeing the flags on the "flash cards".
It is true that this app doesn't have the suite of factoids about countries that you would find in a high quality Atlas. But I never expected this app to be as detailed as an Atlas. To me, this is a learning tool to memorize the shapes, names, and capitals of a country. A person should still refer to a good old-fashioned Atlas to learn the other details.
For what it's worth, my 4-year-old and 2-year-old play this game with me and they now know amazing things such as 1) where Belarus is located or 2) how big Russia is or 3) where Democratic Republic of Congo is located or 4) that there are two very tiny countries called Lesotho and Swaziland within South Africa, or 5) that Chile is "long and skinny" or 6) that Tasmania is a little island south of Australia or...I could go on and on. It's laughable to say this is not a learning tool. I defy you to teach a 4-year-old and 2-year-old the above information this quickly (they have been playing it with me for about 3 weeks) with any other medium.
It was never my goal to have my youngest children learning countries from this app. It just happened by them observing the game with me. Granted, I read and re-read the questions aloud to them so we play the game together interactively. But this is most definitely a learning tool. One of the finest. And my "big kids" (ages 9 and 11) are learning tomes of information about the world's countries from this app like nobody else in their respective grades.
This has been a very empowering app for our family. A
Stack the Countries
4.1 | 895 ratings
Price: 2.99
Last update: 01-07-2025
Latest updates
What's new in version 3.4- * Changed Kazakhstan capital to Astana
- * Updated the flag of Kyrgyzstan
- * Updated official language of Moldova to be Romanian
- * Added Morocco as a bordering country of Spain
Product Details
Release Date: 2013
Date first listed on Amazon: October 28, 2013
Developed By: Dan Russell-Pinson
ASIN: B00G4A6VZS
Customer reviews:
4.1 out of 5 stars895 customer ratings
4.1 out of 5 stars895 customer ratings
Developer info
- [email protected]
- http://dan-russell-pinson.com
- More apps by this developer
Product features
- - More than 1000 unique questions
- - 193 flash cards -- one for each country!
- - Interactive maps of the continents
- - Collect all 193 countries and track your progress on personalized maps
- - Earn FREE bonus games: Map It! and Pile Up!
- - Play in English, Spanish and French
- - Create up to six player profiles with a friendly-looking country avatar
- - High resolution pictures of famous world landmarks
- - All games are powered by a realistic physics engine
- - Fun sound effects and music
Product description
- Featured on the TODAY show!- Editor's Choice Award! - Children's Technology Review
- "Stack the Countries is worth every penny and this is an educational purchase that you absolutely will not regret." - The iPhone Mom
Stack the Countries makes learning about the world fun! Watch the countries actually come to life in this colorful and dynamic game!
As you learn country capitals, landmarks, geographic locations and more, you can actually touch, move and drop the animated countries anywhere on the screen. Carefully build a stack of countries that reaches the checkered line to win each level.
You earn a random country for every successfully completed level. All of your countries appear on your own personalized maps of the continents. Try to collect all 193! As you earn more countries, you begin to unlock the free bonus games: Map It! and Pile Up! Three games in one!
CONTROL YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE: You can choose to focus on just one specific continent or play the whole world. You can also select which types of questions are asked.
LEARN BEFORE YOU PLAY: Stack the Countries provides 193 country flash cards and colorful interactive maps of the continents. Use them to brush up on your world geography before you play or as a handy reference tool.
HAVE FUN LEARNING ALL ABOUT THE COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD:
- Capitals
- Landmarks
- Major Cities
- Continents
- Border Countries
- Languages
- Flags
- Country Shapes
FEATURES:
- More than 1000 unique questions
- 193 flash cards -- one for each country!
- Interactive maps of the continents
- Collect all 193 countries and track your progress on personalized maps
- Earn FREE bonus games: Map It! and Pile Up!
- Play in English, Spanish and French
- Create up to six player profiles
- Choose any of the friendly-looking countries as your avatar
- High resolution pictures of famous world landmarks
- All games are powered by a realistic physics engine
- Fun sound effects and music
THREE GAMES IN ONE:
STACK THE COUNTRIES™: Build tall piles of countries and try to reach the checkered line.
MAP IT: Tap the location of the selected country on the map. Try to complete the whole continent!
PILE UP: The countries are piling up! Identify and tap them quickly to get rid of them before they reach the top.
Stack the Countries is an educational app for all ages that's actually FUN to play. Try it now and enjoy three games for the price of one!
PRIVACY DISCLOSURE:
Stack the Countries:
- Does not contain 3rd party ads.
- Does not contain in-app purchases.
- Does not contain integration with social networks.
- Does not use 3rd party analytics / data collection tools.
- Does include links to apps by Dan Russell-Pinson
For more information on our privacy policy please visit:
http://dan-russell-pinson.com/privacy/
User Data Privacy
Developer has indicated that this app does not collect or transfer user data to third parties.
To learn more, visit the developer’s privacy policy.
Technical details
Size: 44.2MB
Version: 3.4
Developed By: Dan Russell-Pinson
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- Open network sockets
Minimum Operating System: Android 5.1
Approximate Download Time: More than 5 minutes
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